Characteristics of homicide perpetrators among Italian forensic hospital inmates

Fioritti, Angelo; Ferriani, Elisa; Rucci, Paola; Melega, Vittorio

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.10.002

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“…The data suggest that male perpetrators tend to commit these crimes at any age, with a peak of incidence between the ages of 25 and 44. These results are similar to those of other studies [16,17], and are in line with Italian data [18]. Females, who make up only 15.56% of total cases, tended to commit these crimes at the same peak age range as the males (25-44: 66.67%).…”

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Psychopathology and weapon choice: A study of 103 perpetrators of homicide or attempted homicide

Catanesi

Carabellese

Troccoli

et al. 2011

Forensic Science International

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confidence: 92%

Psychopathology and weapon choice: A study of 103 perpetrators of homicide or attempted homicide

Catanesi

Carabellese

Troccoli

et al. 2011

Forensic Science International

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“…In line with a previous study, these data show that patients with a past history of violence seem to have better psycho-social functioning and show a milder degree of emotional withdrawal and blunted affect compared to patient with no history of violence (Candini et al, 2015;Fioritti et al, 2006). Violent inpatients are also more likely to be employed, to meet criteria for personality disorders and to have a lifetime history of compulsory admissions; they were identified by treating clinicians as more likely to be discharged home.…”

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confidence: 88%

Monitoring and predicting the risk of violence in residential facilities. No difference between patients with history or with no history of violence

Girolamo¹,

Buizza

Sisti

et al. 2016

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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a b s t r a c tBackground: Most people with mental disorders are not violent. However, the lack of specific studies in this area and recent radical changes in Italy, including the closure of six Forensic Mental Hospitals, has prompted a more detailed investigation of patients with aggressive behaviour. Aims: To compare socio-demographic, clinical and treatment-related characteristics of long-term inpatients with a lifetime history of serious violence with controls; to identify predictors of verbal and physical aggressive behaviour during 1-year follow-up. Methods: In a prospective cohort study, patients living in Residential Facilities (RFs) with a lifetime history of serious violence were assessed with a large set of standardized instruments and compared to patients with no violent history. Patients were evaluated bi-monthly with MOAS in order to monitor any aggressive behaviour. Results: The sample included 139 inpatients, 82 violent and 57 control subjects; most patients were male. The bi-monthly monitoring during the 1-year follow-up did not show any statistically significant differences in aggressive behaviour rates between the two groups. The subscale explaining most of the MOAS total score was aggression against objects, although verbal aggression was the most common pattern. Furthermore, verbal aggression was significantly associated with aggression against objects and physical aggression. Conclusions: Patients with a history of violence in RFs, where treatment and clinical supervision are available, do not show higher rates of aggressiveness compared to patients with no lifetime history of violence. Since verbal aggression is associated with more severe forms of aggression, prompt intervention is warranted to reduce the risk of escalation.

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“…the motives and intent of the offender, is identical to that of homicide offenders, however, it was genuinely a matter of luck that the victims survived and in reviewing the facts of the case no differences were observed in the in the behaviour of the offence in terms of lethality of force between the attempted murder and the murder group. This method is consistent with a number of other researchers who have combined homicides and attempted homicides finding similar predisposing risk factors in both offences (Adams, 2009), and other researchers who have combined both homicide and attempted homicides to examine mainstream (Roe-Sepowitz, 2009) and NGRI (Fioritti, Ferriani, Rucci, & Melega, 2006) homicide offenders. Generally speaking, the population used in the present study is considered unique, in that attempted homicides are included as homicides because there is no distinction made in the treatment and management of risk in the facility for these offenders.…”

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Approach–Avoidance Goals and Active–Passive Self-Regulation Styles in Homicide Offending: A Pathways Analysis

Gilligan

Lennings

2013

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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The current study reports on the application of Ward & Hudson's self-regulation model to 26 homicide offenders found Not Guilty of Reason of Insanity (NGRI). Ward and Hudson's self-regulation model [Ward, T., & Hudson, S.M. (2000). A self-regulation model of relapse prevention. In D.R. Laws, S.M. Hudson, & T. Ward (Eds.), Remaking relapse prevention with sex offenders: A sourcebook (pp. 79-101). New York: SAGE.] distinguishes between offenders who have approach vs. avoidant goals, and between their uses of active vs. passive strategies in committing their offences. Results demonstrated that the model reliably identified offenders in three of the four pathway categories. Approach goal offenders compared with avoidant goal offenders were more associated with mainstream criminal offenders. Avoidant goal offenders were generally found to be more associated with a mentally disordered group of offenders. A further analysis of the data demonstrated that constructs of the two broad pathways of approach-active and avoidance-passive were not found to be mutually exclusive, with a combination four-path model resulting in a third pathway consisting of offenders with approach-passive self-regulatory styles. The pathway consisted of offenders where florid psychotic symptoms were prevailing during the time of the offence for these particular offenders. The present research highlights the strength of a four-path model over a twopath approach. A number of clinical implications of the model are discussed.

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Characteristics of homicide perpetrators among Italian forensic hospital inmates

Cited by 24 publications

References 13 publications

Psychopathology and weapon choice: A study of 103 perpetrators of homicide or attempted homicide

Psychopathology and weapon choice: A study of 103 perpetrators of homicide or attempted homicide

Monitoring and predicting the risk of violence in residential facilities. No difference between patients with history or with no history of violence

Approach–Avoidance Goals and Active–Passive Self-Regulation Styles in Homicide Offending: A Pathways Analysis

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